FARC dissident ‘Iván Márquez’, chief of the Second Marquetalia and who was the previous guerrilla’s chief peace negotiator, reappeared in a video after being presumed lifeless in an assault in Venezuela in July 2022.
Within the video ‘Márquez’, which had reappeared for the primary time in audio and whose survival had been confirmed by a number of authorities, spoke about completely different present points such because the proposal for a Constituent Meeting of President Gustavo Petro.
Exactly what demonstrates that the video is latest are the statements he made concerning the Petro initiative, introduced final March throughout a Authorities occasion in Cali, the primary metropolis within the southwest of Colombia, given the problem it has in getting the Congress approves its reforms, the place its assist has waned.
«On March 15, President Petro (…) spoke of opening a constituent course of in Colombia. “We’re going for all or nothing, no extra many years and centuries of deception and oppression,” added ‘Márquez’.
The video was revealed in the course of the “Vichada Binational Discussion board: Territory of Peace, Life and Biodiversity”, held within the municipality of Puerto Carreño, capital of the division of Vichada (border with Venezuela).
In the course of the occasion, during which nationwide, regional and native authorities participated, in addition to representatives of the general public drive, attendees watched the 17 minutes of the intervention by the pinnacle of the Second Marquetalia.
The case of ‘Márquez’
In August 2019, nearly three years after signing the peace settlement, ‘Iván Márquez’, who was additionally the quantity two within the FARC, introduced that he was taking over arms once more on the head of a dissident group known as Segunda Marquetalia, in reference to the birthplace of the FARC. FARC greater than half a century in the past, because of alleged failures by the Authorities to adjust to the settlement.
In 2022, his alleged dying was reported in an assault perpetrated by one other armed group with which the Second Marquetalia was disputing the Colombian-Venezuelan border, the place the teams are hiding, and the illicit companies that flow into there.
Nevertheless, this dissidence blamed the assault on the Colombian safety forces and denied the dying, and final September the Colombian Authorities confirmed that ‘Márquez’ was alive, however “sick, convalescent.”
Then ‘Márquez’ himself reappeared in an audio recording on August 2 in a speech forward of the president’s first 12 months in workplace, during which he acknowledged that he was alive.
Final October, the then Excessive Commissioner for Peace, Danilo Rueda, confirmed that ‘Márquez’ “is in Colombia” and his well being is nice.
Luciano Marín Arango, 68 years previous, was born on June 16, 1955 in Florencia, capital of the southern division of Caquetá, and his historical past signifies that originally of the Eighties he joined the 14th Entrance of the FARC, the place he rose positions till turning into a part of the guerrilla management.
Peace negotiations
At first of February, the Colombian Authorities and the Second Marquetalia introduced the beginning of a peace course of, which would be the third undertaken by the present Govt, after these established with the Nationwide Liberation Military (ELN) and the Central Common Employees ( EMC), the primary dissident group of the FARC.
The declaration, signed on February 1, additionally signifies that the Second Marquetalia undertakes to not kidnap civilians, though there may be nonetheless no date or extra particulars in regards to the begin of dialogues with the dissidents led by ‘Márquez’. EFE
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